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Psalms 25:21 — King James Version← Study notes

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.


Psalms 25:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 25:215 words
HebrewMeaning
תֹּםtōm
integritynounH8537
integrity · perfect · simplicity · upright(-ly ···
וָ/יֹ֥שֶׁרwāyōšer
and uprightnessconjH3476
meet · right · upright
יִצְּר֑וּ/נִיyiṣərwniy
may they preserve meverbH5341
hidden thing · keep(-er · -ing) · monument ···
כִּ֝֗יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
קִוִּיתִֽי/ךָqiwiytiykā
I have waited for youverbH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 25:21

To the end, a psalm of David himself. 1. Christ speaks, but in the person of the Church: for what is said has reference rather to the Christian People turned unto God. 2. “Unto You, O Lord, have I lift up my soul” Psalm 24:1: with spiritual longing have I lift up the soul, that was trodden down on the earth with carnal longings. “O my God, in You I trust, I shall not be ashamed” Psalm 24:2. O my God, from trusting in myself I was brought even to this weakness of the flesh;…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 25
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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